GStreamer Could Be The First Multimedia Framework Supporting RTSP 2.0

[phoronix]

Phoronix: GStreamer Could Be The First Multimedia Framework Supporting RTSP 2.0

Patches are pending for GStreamer that provide the first public client and server implementation of the RTSP 2.0 protocol, Real Time Streaming Protocol 2.0...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GStreamer-RTSP-2.0

[uid313]

It is kind of scary you go to a website and then the website fires up a video and it gets loaded by FFmpeg or GStreamer and it attempt to load any of dozens or hundreds different codecs. Kind of scary if any of those contain exploits.

I would like to see decoders written in Rust so it can be safe. Also run in sandbox or something.

[tildearrow]

I would like to see decoders written in Rust so it can be safe.

Michael should grant you the title "Official Rust Fanboy"...

[Nille]

tildearrow but he has a point. rust would be a nice decision for something like this. Even oracle use rust now for new from them, railcar.

[Pajn]

It is kind of scary you go to a website and then the website fires up a video and it gets loaded by FFmpeg or GStreamer and it attempt to load any of dozens or hundreds different codecs. Kind of scary if any of those contain exploits.

I would like to see decoders written in Rust so it can be safe. Also run in sandbox or something.

At least Mozilla have started porting decoders to Rust, for example https://github.com/mozilla/mp4parse-rust which now ships in Firefox.

[tildearrow]

tildearrow but he has a point. rust would be a nice decision for something like this. Even oracle use rust now for new from them, railcar.

I know it has advantages. I didn't say "Rust sucks".

[franglais125]

uid313 33 days until Firefox 55 with <input> date and time.

[Krejzi]

uid313 33 days until Firefox 55 with <input> date and time.

But will it run on Wayland?

[starshipeleven]

But will it run on Wayland?

Work for that is still underway https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=635134

[DMJC]

Nothing against Rust, but until ffmpeg and mplayer are both ported to it. Meh. That project easily has the largest range of codec support of any multimedia project out there. I wish whoever tries to rewrite it the best of luck.